Curtis T. Sears

Ph.D. in A.B., University of North Carolina

Dr. Curt Sears, Chemistry Department. Since retiring from GSU in 2000 Dr. Sears served as a part-time Program Director at the National Science Foundation in Arlington Virginia. After a 19-month assignment, he returned home in November 2008 with a new appointment starting in March 2009. Dr. Curtis is also responsible for training his division of 8 to 10 incoming rotational Faculty Program Directors in science, mathematics and engineering, who are on leave from their college or university for two years to serve at the NSF. The rotational program provides a constant flow of information about new directions in the disciplines and maintains a stream of information back to the institutions about the grant programs' activities and opportunities.